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'Gwada negative': French scientists find new blood type in woman

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Post by wincy »

izzydata wrote: post #18
firtoz wrote: post #5

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I remember reading something about peoples personalities being vaguely related to their names which makes even less sense. Unless peoples names subtlety influence their behavior. Perhaps if these blood type ideas are so prevalent in Korea and everyone from a very young age is aware of their blood type they might have a self fulfilling prophecy.

Okay but what are the odds of someone named “Doug Bowser” becoming president of Nintendo of America without nominative determinism having at least a grain of truth.

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Post by viraptor »

izzydata wrote: post #18
firtoz wrote: post #5

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I remember reading something about peoples personalities being vaguely related to their names which makes even less sense. Unless peoples names subtlety influence their behavior. Perhaps if these blood type ideas are so prevalent in Korea and everyone from a very young age is aware of their blood type they might have a self fulfilling prophecy.

The names have a decent basic explanation. Names are stereotyped, exist on popular culture and have a bit of language influence (think bouba/kiki). Since some of the personality is inherited, parents' name preference will end up aligning slightly with the whole population which will end up aligning with the kids' behaviours.

Re: 'Gwada negative': French scientists find new blood type in woman

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Post by jenadine »

Out_of_Characte wrote: post #14
BrandoElFollito wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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That's where correlations of random events and placebo end and where discovery begins. There are 'gods' that are 'better' than others. Even if the principle of what you/people believe goes against what you find scientifically relevent, or factual, or sensible. There still is something to be said about a group of people following a strange set of rules that could be demonstrably better than other sets of rules and bel…

> There are 'gods' that are 'better' than others

I don’t think that’s valid. Gods usually come with a set of values or a specific worldview, and these are inherently subjective. You can’t really rank them as "better" or "worse" in any meaningful way.

Let’s take an example: imagine I believe in a paperclip-god. The core value here is producing as many paperclips as possible, and I’d argue that anything that doesn’t serve this goal is inferior. Under this belief system, it might be okay to enslave or even kill humans if it leads to more paperclips. I could use logic and even scientific reasoning to defend this idea as a "better" system for maximizing paperclip production.

Now, you might object and say that humans are more valuable than paperclips, but we'll never agree. The value of the goal itself, whether it’s maximizing paperclips or valuing human life, is subjective. There’s no objective reason why one goal is inherently superior to the other.

Re: 'Gwada negative': French scientists find new blood type in woman

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Post by throwaway667555 »

booleandilemma wrote: post #19
Drugein wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, it's definitely true to some extent, since there will 100% be some genes that contribute in some way to a person's personality that are colocated with genes responsible for blood type.

It's pseudoscience, nothing more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_type_personality_theory

"nothing more" is an incorrect statement. The science is inconclusive, as science most often is.

Re: 'Gwada negative': French scientists find new blood type in woman

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Post by nick238 »

kimos wrote: post #34

My clearly incorrect understanding was that there are ~8 blood types. So reading that there are 48 is shocking.

There are 48 blood type systems, of which ABO (giving A, B, AB, and O) and Rh (+/-) can be combined to form the 8 common types.

There are effectively millions of types because all the systems combined combinatorially, but most antigens beyond ABO and Rh don't cause that much of an issue, so in emergency cases, they just go with them.

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Post by thaumasiotes »

nick238 wrote: post #36
kimos wrote: post #34

My clearly incorrect understanding was that there are ~8 blood types. So reading that there are 48 is shocking.

There are 48 blood type systems , of which ABO (giving A, B, AB, and O) and Rh (+/-) can be combined to form the 8 common types. There are effectively millions of types because all the systems combined combinatorially, but most antigens beyond ABO and Rh don't cause that much of an issue, so in emergency cases, they just go with them.

Why are A and B considered to belong to the same "system"? They combine with each other combinatorially in exactly the same way that rhesus factor combines with them, and presumably the same way that all other systems combine with all other systems.

Re: 'Gwada negative': French scientists find new blood type in woman

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Post by thaumasiotes »

> The discovery of new blood types isn't limited to transfusion emergencies. It also sheds light on certain previously unexplained pathologies. The specialist discusses the recent case of three siblings who had suffered from mysterious rheumatological disorders since adolescence. It was only after identifying their rare blood type that doctors were able to establish a probable link with their symptoms.

How does that work? Were all three siblings regularly receiving donated blood? The article doesn't expand on this at all.

Re: 'Gwada negative': French scientists find new blood type in woman

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Post by h1fra »

ajb wrote: post #2

The OP is low on details. There is more in this article (in french): https://www.lindependant.fr/2025/06/21/il-ny-a-quelle-qui-es... Apparently the ISBT have added this to their list: https://www.isbtweb.org/isbt-working-parties/rcibgt.html (the page still says 47 but the data tables have it added)

@dang should change the OP, entrevue is really a poor website (think tmz)

Re: 'Gwada negative': French scientists find new blood type in woman

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Post by dang »

ajb wrote: post #2

The OP is low on details. There is more in this article (in french): https://www.lindependant.fr/2025/06/21/il-ny-a-quelle-qui-es... Apparently the ISBT have added this to their list: https://www.isbtweb.org/isbt-working-parties/rcibgt.html (the page still says 47 but the data tables have it added)

Ok, we've changed the URL from https://entrevue.fr/en/un-groupe-sanguin-inedit-decouvert-en... to a different article (in English). Thanks!
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